May 8, 2015

Who Doesn't Love Gone With the Wind Style Dresses?

Here is one of my favorite photos from my collection of Civil War era CDVs (Cartes de Visite)

Mrs. Joseph Curtis taken 1862

Mrs. Joseph Curtis is wearing a typical gown of the early 1860s.
Full Pagoda sleeves dropped from the shoulder, with an undersleeve, create the
illusion of the sought after tiny waist. Her bodice has a natural waistline and
removable collar. Her hair follows the typical hair fashion of this early
period. It covers her ears and is parted in the middle and pulled back to a
roll at the nape of her neck. The extreme fullness of her skirt is very
apparent in this photo.

This beautiful album is one of my rescued treasures. You can view the thumbnails of other photos from the album in my Lost Faces section of my Olive Tree Genealogy website. Surnames in the album are Fobes, Tucker, Curtis, Gilbert, Peabody, Spear, Blake,
Mansfield, Bassett, Botton, Williston, Nilliston, Kimbal, Daniels,
Sutherland, Schaffner, Keith, Towne, Low, Wilder, Holden, Whitemore

New!

Death Finds a Way: A Janie Riley Mystery by Lorine McGinnis SchulzeJanie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. She and her husband head to Salt Lake City Utah to research Janie's elusive 4th great-grandmother. But her search into the past leads her to a dark secret. Can she solve the mysteries of the past and the present before disaster strikes?

I'm an incurable collector of
antiques, an avid genealogist and a messy but creative cook! I blog, i write history and genealogy books. My main genealogy website is Olive Tree Genealogy http://olivetreegenealogy.com/

Lorine is the author of many published genealogical and historical
articles and books available at
http://LorineSchulze.com